Suffixes are word parts at the end of a word. They give us details about the main root word.
Suffixes are usually the easiest word part to detect. The challenge is to figure out what word is left when you take it off.

Etymology with Tim and Moby at Brainpop

Anglo-Saxon -y vs. Latin -al vs. Latin and Greek - ic




-ible
-able
can be done or able to be done

-ology

-ologist
the study of

studier of ----, expert in ----

-arium
-ary
-orium
-ory
place, room

-er
-or
someone who does -----
something who does -----

-ify
to make

-ion
result of ----